A popular new restaurant in China is staffed by robots!
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Located in Jiang, China’s Shandong Province, the Dalu Rebot Restaurant opened on the 5th of December and can cater to about 100 customers, featuring two robot receptionists and a “staff” of six robot-waitresses. Two of them serve drinks, two serve small tables and another two tend to the big one. It seems that more “hiring” well be made in the near future as owners expect the restaurant will become quite a hit.
As all the waiting is done by robots, the tables were set in a circular pattern so that the robots can follow an exact route. Not all the work in the restaurant is done by them though, there are also people working there, especially in the kitchen, but some were also hired to welcome customers into the restaurant.
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That should help with China's huge lack of available human workers.
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That looks like the robot from the 50s horror movie The Day The Earth Stood Still
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I wonder what they mean by "tending to the big one". Are they serving more than just food here?
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